The family greatly
appreciates the time and effort Mr. Levin expended on the project for us.

FromGrandchildren of Abraham L. Schwartz (The Sacks family)

In Memory OfMyrna Lewis

Our beloved mother.

FromJackie Broida

In Honor OfBelle Bisno Holman

For your guidance
and support.

FromJames Borman

In Honor OfShani Mogyoros

Happy 90th Birthday!

FromViviana Grosz-Gluckman

In Memory OfRay Lipsius

In memory of Hadassah
Lipsius' mother, Ray.

FromConnie Newhan

In Memory OfRay Lipsius

On the passing of
Hadassah Lipsius' dear mother. May her memory be for a blessing.

FromEden Joachim

Special Thanks ToJohn Lowens

Every one of us in
Ger-SIG is enriched by John Lowen's gifts to our little (but rapidly expanding!) global community;
his energy, scholarship, wisdom, diplomacy and indefatigable leadership of our group makes it the
quality resource that we have come to take for granted.

FromMargaret Power

Special Thanks ToHanna Grossman

It might take a talmudist
to explain: Great questions prompt good answers but lesser questions can produce great ones. Hanna has
been a regular contributor to the GerSIG forum for years. Thanks for that and for your recent question
about a simple abbreviation. It brought us a perfect but forgettable answer from our Director of
Research and a lesson worth remembering for a lifetime from our director of Jewish studies. Your moderator
thanks all in the German SIG for your good questions and, sometimes, great answers.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToDick Plotz

Many thanks for
helping this 4th generation Reform Jewish Moderator to keep his list kosher and for showing
mercy when it's not glatt.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToJeanette Rosenberg

German SIG USA
thanks German SIG UK, especially its power supply, Jeanette Rosenberg, for your wonderful
teamwork. The Scheuer family SIG will add its thanks as soon as you get around to creating it.

FromJohn Lowens

In Honor OfGerhard Buck

My stats are:
40 years researching = 1776 - 1 month talking with Gerhard = 1666. Mr. Buck's database of
Jewish families in the towns surrounding Idstein smashed the long-standing records of many
of my fellow researchers. Thanks for that and Congratulations for doing it without steroids.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToFritz Neubauer

Year after year
I've thanked Mr. Neubauer for the same old thing. I hate to sound like a broken record so extra
thanks, Fritz, for giving me some new material. For your Yizkor book translations, record indexing
and cemetery research for JewishGen and for setting this old writing teacher free from redundancy, many thanks.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToRoger Lustig

Our new Coordinator
has added youthful vigor to an aging SIG. Next October we'll celebrate two things: Having a decennial
and having a Research Director who knows what decennial means. Roger can translate obscure language -
into and out of German. He also pitch hits for our dry wit laureate. For that and more GerSIG
is very grateful.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToMichael Bernet

On behalf of 1,665
fellow members of the German SIG, renewed thanks are due to Michael for keeping our forum wise
and witty and its moderators ever alert.

FromJohn Lowens

Special Thanks ToLars Menk

Lars gave us a monumental
gift in his German-Jewish surname dictionary but as that heavy volume indicates, he's a man who doesn't
like to quit. Thanks to Mr. Menk for sending us previews of the next edition through the GerSIG Forum
and via private email to scores of researchers.

FromJohn Lowens

In Memory OfJonathan Maultasch

He burned his candle
at both ends and we loved him for the light.

FromJohn Lowens

In Honor OfLinda Silverman Shefler

Thank you for your
"thank you" message to the GerSIG list. By explaining that unclear handwriting was the reason
for your research problem, your feedback is a good lesson for other researchers. It shows why
JewishGen's ViewMate service is so valuable and it will remind many others of Bernie Kouchel's
great addition to JewishGen.

FromJohn Lowens

In Memory OfMarvin Brooks

Marvin, a real mench and a
former member of the Board of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia, shared himself
with his contributions to the Belarus SIG and the restoration of the Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland Jewish
Cemetery. May he rest in peace.